Not as many as you might think. His family has grown older and quite a few have died of natural causes. The only one I absolutely despised and wanted to strangle was that little bitch Susan Atkins...what a foul shithead and true believer. Fittingly she died of cancer...over a long long painful period of time.

Did you know that Charlie and Tex are the two wealthiest inmates in the State of California? I've forgotten what their net worth was, but it was well into the millions of dollars. He and Tex started several businesses (several on-line and some brick and mortar) while in custody...I don't remember what the businesses are thought (maybe someone can find out?). The businesses are run and operated by their wives. Yes...I said it...wives. Both Tex and Charley got married while in prison to former pen pals. Interesting isn't it? Only in California...we're so screwed up.

I agree!
As far as my followers statement, maybe there just seems like there are so many because social media can make them seem bigger than they appear lol. Completely disgusts me though.

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Twenty or thirty years ago Charlie got into an argument about religion with another inmate that was a devout Buddhist. Well the Buddhist got sick of Charlie's mouth and actually lit Charlie's beard on fire with a Bic Lighter. Well, poor old Charlie got burned pretty bad and was placed in ICU and had several skin graphs...in fact, he almost died. So when the story reached local law enforcement, every department in California, Nevada, Arizona, and other states kept sending the Buddhist inmate boxes and boxes filled with thousands of Bic Lighters. I'm afraid that if Charlie were released he wouldn't last very long...he has lots and lots of enemies.

You're a wealth of information Sir! You should write a book I think

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I agree!
As far as my followers statement, maybe there just seems like there are so many because social media can make them seem bigger than they appear lol. Completely disgusts me though.

I've worked several homicides (and other) cases over the years that had hard direct ties to the Manson Family and a few of their lesser known members (and one of their children...can you believe that?). The Manson Family are a really odd group...way way more stange than anything you're heard or read about. Helter Skelter sould be mandatory reading for all DR members...it's a classic and those crimes should never be forgotten.

Here's another fun secret fact about Charley and the Manson Family that no one knows about. Long before the murders, the Manson Family were living "commune style" in the San Francisco area, at Spann Ranch near Chatsworth, CA, and other locations throughout Central and Southern California.

All of the children in the Manson Family were raised and parented by the Manson Girls as a group. In other words, the children were raised in a group/commune type setting with various Manson Girls taking turns raising the children.

Some of the Manson Family Girls brought their own children with them, but others became pregnant while in the Manson Family. Those "Manson Children" were just mixed in with the other children...few (if any) birth certificates exist and there are no hospital records because the children were born at home in the commune. Now given the rampant drug use, group sex, orgies, free love, etc. within the Manson Family...and given that Charlie and Tex were the men in charge...just how many of those "Manson Children" do you think might be biologically Charlie's or Tex's? Never thought about that...did ya? When the Manson Family was finally rounded up and arrested (at their ranch in Death Valley and at Spann Ranch) for running an auto theft ring...Los Angeles County's Department of Children's Services took custody of around 17 children and infants. Now several of those children were traced back to various Manson Girls from before they joined the Family, but...the rest were if unknown parentage. Get it? Those children were eventually put up for adoption by the County...remember now...there was no DNA back then...so to this day you have to wonder how many of those kids were fathered either by Charlie or Tex and are out living among us without anyone...even the adoptive parents knowing the answers to their linage. Weird to think about isn't it...no one knows the answers. Charlie does have a son from a relationship prior to the formation of the Manson Family. I've seen the young man and he looks exactly like Charley. He's also a musician (like his father..but way better) and is open about his linage. If I'm not mistaken there is another son that Charley had while in San Francisco and that young man remains in the shadows and has a different name. Neither young man has had any trouble with the law. Interesting stuff uh?